Wednesday January 24 @ 7pm, ZOOM: Sean James “An Appetite for Gardening: Incorporating Edible into a Traditional Landscape”

Join us in welcoming Sean James back to our “stage”.  You might have been at the May 2023 meeting where Sean provided us with a lively chat on Fusion Gardening.  On January 24, Sean will present “An Appetite for Gardening: Incorporating Edible into a Traditional Landscape”. 
Here’s how Sean describes the presentation:  many home gardeners (but, sadly few professional landscapers/designers) are looking to grow more of their own food, but why relegate edible plants to the back corner, punishing them like they’ve misbehaved? “Go sit in the corner. Think about what you’ve done!” Many fruits and veggies are beautiful and offer wonderful texture and colour; think about eggplant, rhubarb and kale! Growing vines (beans, squash, tomatoes) on trellises and espaliering fruit trees can also be a great way to use vertical surfaces to embiggen your landscape and fill the pantry at the same time! We’ll discuss all options!

Join us – it promises to be entertaining and informative.  And it’s via zoom so that none of us have to worry about unpredictable January weather! (Link will be circulated to members prior to the date)

For those who don’t know Sean, he owns ‘Sean James Consulting & Design’. Named by Landscape Ontario as 2020 and 2021’s Garden Communicator of the Year, gardening has been Sean James’ passion and profession for almost 40 years. A graduate of Niagara Parks School of Horticulture, a Master Gardener, writer, and teacher, Sean focuses on eco-gardening techniques. He has spoken at events from the Maritimes to Seattle and landscaped from Nova Scotia to California. Sean had the honour of being part of creating the new Ontario Landscape Tree Planting Guide, the Grow-Me-Instead guide, the Ontario Horticultural Apprenticeship Curriculum, the national Red Seal Occupational Standard, and the Master Gardeners Reference Manual. He has chaired the Environmental Stewardship Committee for Landscape Ontario and the Environmental Committee for the Perennial Plant Association” and fills in for Paul Zammit occasionally on CBC’s ‘The Gardening Show’.